Kubeka Amabhuzu Egcekeni Ngokuthula

NgoSuku lukaSt Patrick kulo nyaka, ama-veterans amabili ase-US, uKen Mayers noTarak Kauff, abaneminyaka eyi-82 kanye ne77 ngokulandelana, baboshwa eShannon Airport bebhikisha ngokuqhubeka nokusebenza kwabo ngamasosha aseMelika.

Babekwa icala lokonakala kocingo lokuphepha kanye necala lokuphamba esikhumulweni sezindiza, bagqunywe ejele laseLimerick izinsuku ze-12 futhi kwathiwa amaphakethe abo afakwe. Besalinde ukuthi udaba lwabo luzoqulwa icala, uKen noTarak bebelokhu besebenzisa isikhathi sabo sokuhlala i-Ireland ukubamba iqhaza kweminye imibhikisho emelene nempi yokulwa nempi yaseMelika kanye nokulwa nokungathathi hlangothi e-Ireland.

Abasolwa bobabili, bobabili abakade bengamasosha empini yaseMelika, futhi manje abangamalungu eVeterans for Peace, baqale 'i-Walk for Freedom' eqale eLimerick ngoMgqibelo owedlule kanti izophela eMalin Head, eDonegal, ngoSepthemba 27. Ngaphambi kokuqala kohambo lwabo lobuciko ngahlangana noKen noTarak eLimerick futhi balandisa ukuthi bahambe kanjani ekubeni ngamasosha baya kuma-peaceniks nokuthi kungani bekholelwa ukuthi i-Ireland ingaba yizwi elinamandla lokulwa nempi emhlabeni.

"Ubaba wami ubesezithunjini zasolwandle eMpini Yezwe II nakwempi yaseKorea, ngakho ngakhula ngiphuza i-'olor corps Kool Aid '," kuqala uKen. “Izidumbu empeleni zangikhokhela ekolishi futhi lapho ngiqeda ngathola ikhomishini kuzo. Ngaleso sikhathi ngangiyikholwa leqiniso futhi ngicabanga ukuthi iMelika yayingamandla okuhle. Ngasebenza kanzima iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili nengxenye, e-Far East, eCaribbean naseVietnam, futhi ngaya ngibona ukuthi iMelika yayingeyona into ebizama ukwenza okuhle. ”

UKen ubala ezinye zezinto ezaqeda ukholo lwakhe ebuhleni baseMelika. “Umkhondo wokuqala wawusentwasahlobo yango-1960 ngenkathi senza izivivinyo eTaiwan - lokhu kwakungaphambi kokuba ube ngumnotho wezingwe futhi wawumpofu kakhulu. Besizodla ama-C-Rations ethu futhi kube khona izingane ezincenga amathini angenalutho ukuze ahlanganise uphahla lwawo ngawo. Lokho kungenze ngazibuza ukuthi kungani umlingani wethu ehlupheka kangaka ekubeni besingabasiza.

Ngabheka okwakwenziwa yiMelika eVietnam futhi kwangithusa. Lokho kwaba yisiqalo sobushoshovu bami nobuqili. Lapho abantu bengibonga ngokusebenzela izwe lami ngabatshela ukuthi inkonzo yami yangempela ayiqalanga ngaze ngaphuma ebusosheni '

“Ngemuva konyaka sasiseVieques Island, ePuerto Rico, lapho izidumbu zaziphethe ingxenye yazo futhi zayisebenzisela ukwenza isibhamu. Sayalelwa ukuba sibeke intambo yomlilo bukhoma ngaphesheya kwesiqhingi futhi uma othile ezama ukudlula kwakufanele sibadubule - futhi abantu besiqhingi babeyizakhamizi zaseMelika. Ngizwe kamuva ukuthi i-US yayiqeqesha amaCuba esiqhingini ngokuhlasela kweBay of Pigs. Leso sehlakalo sasingesinye futhi.

“Utshani bokugcina kwaba lapho ngibuyela e-Asia ngo-1964. Ngangiphathisa umkhankaso wokucekela phansi imikhumbi nemikhumbi yangaphansi kolwandle ogwini lwaseVietnam ngenkathi kwenzeka isigameko saseTonkin Gulf. Kwangicacela bha ukuthi kwakungukukhwabanisa okusetshenziselwa ukuthethelela impi enkulu kubantu baseMelika. Sasiphula njalo amanzi aseVietnam, sithumela izikebhe ngasogwini ukuze zisuse ukusabela. Yilapho ngathatha isinqumo sokuthi angisakwazi ukuqhubeka ngibe ithuluzi lolu hlobo lwenqubomgomo yezangaphandle futhi ngo-1966 ngasula. ”

UTarak wenze iminyaka emithathu kwi-105th Airborne Division, isuka ku-1959 kuya ku-1962, futhi uyavuma ngokushesha ukuzizwa ebonga ukuthi waphuma kungakapholi sikhathi sikhathi ngaphambi kokuthi ithusi lakhe lithunyelwe eVietnam. Ugxilile emijikeleni enzima yama-1960s waba yisishoshovu sokuqina sokuthula. Uthi: “Bengiyingxenye yaleyo masiko ayisithupha futhi bekuyinto enkulu kimi,” kusho yena. “Ngibheke ukuthi iMelika yenzani eVietnam yangikhumbula futhi lokho bekungukuqala kokulwela kwami ​​ubugqi nobukhali. Ngenkathi abantu bengibonga ngokusebenzela izwe lami ngabatshela ukuthi inkonzo yami yangempela ayiqali ngaze ngaphuma ebuthweni lezempi. ”

Ngesikhathi sokuxoxwa uKen ukhuluma ngomoya ophansi ngenkathi uTarak ekwazi ukushiseka ngokwengeziwe, eshaya phezulu kwetafula ngomunwe wakhe ukugcizelela - yize emamatheka ngokuzazi nokuhlekisa ngokuthi umehluko wenza kanjani bobabili isenzo esihle esiphindwe kabili. Bobabili bangamalungu esikhathi eside eVeterans for Peace, eyasungulwa eMaine e1985 futhi manje inezahluko kuwo wonke amazwe aseMelika nakwamanye amazwe amaningi, kufaka phakathi i-Ireland.

Kwakungu-Ed Horgan, umsunguli weVeterans for Peace Ireland, owayexwayisa uKen noTarak ngoShannon. “Sihlangane no-Ed eminyakeni embalwa edlule futhi besicabanga ukuthi i-Ireland yizwe elingathathi hlangothi kodwa wasitshela ngazo zonke izindiza zaseMelika nezindiza, eza eShannon. Ngokwenza lokhu kube lula, i-Ireland izenza ihambisane nezimpi zaseMelika. ”

UTarak uqokomisa umonakalo omkhulu wezempi yaseMelika, efaka ukubhujiswa kwesimo sezulu. “Namuhla, iMelika ilwa izimpi emazweni angu-14 kanti ngaphakathi kuleliya lizwe kunabantu abaningi abadubulana nsuku zonke. Udlame esiluthumela kwamanye amazwe seluza ekhaya, ”usho kanje. “Odokotela bezilwane abaningi baseVietnam bathathe izimpilo zabo ukwedlula ababulawa kuyo yonke impi. Futhi izingane ezincane ezibuya ezimpini zase-Iraq nase-Afghanistan nazo ziyazibulala. Kungani lokho kwenzeka? Lokho kubuyela emuva, lelo cala!

“Futhi namhlanje asigcini ngokubulala abantu nokucekela phansi amazwe njengoba senzile eVietnam nase-Iraq, sonakalisa yona kanye imvelo. Umbutho wezempi wase-US ungumonakalisi omkhulu wemvelo emhlabeni; zingumsebenzisi omkhulu kaphethiloli, zingcolisi ezinkulu ezinobuthi ezinezisekelo ezingaphezu kwenkulungwane emhlabeni jikelele. Abantu abavami ukuxhuma amasosha nokucekelwa phansi kwesimo sezulu kepha kuhlobene kakhulu. ”

UKen noTarak phambilini bake baboshwa emibhikishweni eya kude nePalestine, i-Okinawa, ne-Standing Rock e-US. "Uma wenza le mibhikisho futhi uphikisana nenqubomgomo kahulumeni akakuthandi lokho futhi uthambekele ekubanjweni," kubeka uTarak ngokuzwakalayo.

"Kodwa lesi yiside kakhulu esike sabanjelwa endaweni eyodwa ngenxa yokuthi amapasi ethu athathwa ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule," kusho uKen. “Besingaphandle kweDáil ngamabhanela agqugquzela ukungathathi hlangothi kwe-Ireland futhi aphikisana nezimpi zase-US, sikhuluma emibuthanweni, kwaxoxwa naye emsakazweni nakuthelevishini, futhi sacabanga ukuthi mhlawumbe kumele singene emgwaqweni sihambe sixoxe sihlangane nabantu, sibeke amabhuzu emhlabathini wokuthula. Sijabule ngakho futhi sizohamba ezindaweni ezahlukahlukene zase-Ireland kuze kube ngumhla ka-27 kule nyanga. Sizobe sikhuluma nase- World Beyond War conference eLimerick ngo-Okthoba 5/6 ongafunda ngayo ku- www.worldbeyondwar.org "

'Lo akuyena umfana ohambahamba ephethe izingqwembe ezithi' ukuphela sekusondele 'laba ngososayensi bethu abakhulu abathi asinaso isikhathi esiningi. Izingane zakho ngeke zibe nezwe ezikhulele kulo, yilokhu abantu abasha abazama ukukwenza nge-Extinction Rebellion, njll., Futhi i-Ireland ingadlala indima enkulu kulokhu '

Abasolwa banecala enkantolo ngemuva kwale nyanga lapho bezocela ukuthi icala labo lidluliselwe eDublin, yize kusengathatha eminye iminyaka emibili ngaphambi kokuthi icala labo liqulwe. Amaphasiphothi abo afakwa ngoba bethathwa njengengozi yokundiza, isinqumo esibavimbela amalungelo abo omphakathi futhi uKen akholelwa ukuthi waqhutshwa kwezepolitiki.

"Akunangqondo ukucabanga ukuthi besingabuya eMelika sizothetha icala lethu uma ngabe sinamapasi ethu futhi singaya ekhaya," esho. “Ukulingwa kuyingxenye yesenzo; yilokho esikwenzayo ukudalula izingqinamba nokuthi kwenzekani. Siyabona ukuthi kungenzeka okuhle kakhulu uma abantu base-Ireland - abangaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-80 babo besekela ukungathathi hlangothi - bakufuna futhi baphoqa uhulumeni wabo ukuthi aqinisekise ukuthi usetshenziswa kahle. Lokho kuzothumela umyalezo emhlabeni wonke. ”

Bobabili uKen noTarak bangabamkhulu futhi iningi labesilisa iminyaka yabo belizodlula izinsuku zabo ngezindlela ezinobudlova kunokubhikisha komkhumbi, ukuboshwa kanye namacala asenkantolo. Yini izingane zabo nabazukulu babo abazenzayo ezenzelwa yilabo abalwela amalungelo abo? “Kungakho sikwenza, ngoba sifuna lezi zingane zibe nomhlaba ezizophila kuwo,” uTarak ugcizelela ngentshiseko. "Abantu kufanele baqonde ukuthi impilo emhlabeni iyasongelwa. Lokhu akubona abanye abantu abahambahamba ngepacard bethi 'ukuphela sekusondele' laba bangososayensi bethu abahamba phambili abathi asinaso isikhathi esiningi.

“Izingane zakho ngeke zibe nomhlaba ezikhulele kuwo, yilokhu abantu abasha abazama ukukwenza nge-Extinction Rebellion, njll, futhi i-Ireland ingadlala indima enkulu kulokhu. Kusukela ngilapha, sengiyalithanda leli zwe nabantu balo. Angicabangi ukuthi nonke niyabona ukuthi i-Ireland ihlonishwa kangakanani emhlabeni jikelele kanye nomthelela ongaba nawo emhlabeni jikelele, ikakhulukazi uma kuthatha ukuma okuqinile njengezwe elingathathi hlangothi futhi idlala leyo ndima. Ukwenza okufanele ngempilo emhlabeni kusho okuthile, kanti abase-Ireland bangakwenza lokho futhi yilokho engifuna ukubona kwenzeka futhi yingakho sihamba sikhuluma nabantu. ”

Ukuhamba kukaKen noTarak kulindeleke ukuthi kufike eGalway Crystal Factory e12.30pm ngoMsombuluko Septhemba 16. Abafisa ukujoyina nabo ingxenye yendlela yokuhamba noma ukunikela ukwesekwa bangathola imininingwane ekhasini likaFacebook le-Galway Alliance Against War: https://www.facebook.com/groups/312442090965.